Underwater Photos Cenote Tulum – Tisha
Birthday Underwater Photos Cenote in Tulum
Birthday Underwater Photos Cenote in Tulum
Birthday Underwater Photos Cenote in Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote
Underwater Photos Cenote in Tulum
Birthday Underwater Photos Cenote in Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote in Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote in Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote Tulum
Underwater Photos Cenote Tulum
Let’s admit it! Travelling today is much easier than in the past. And the statement would be obvious and even trivial if we were referring to the great travellers of the past, those who set out on a journey that lasted years. But we are not here to bother Marco Polo and those who came after him. The comparison is perhaps more reasonable with what happened twenty or thirty years ago or – in any case – in the pre-internet era.
Back then, when deciding on a destination, it was necessary to search for all the information needed to put together the first draft of an itinerary. Today a simple Google search is enough to let us know everything and more.
Once upon a time, the only means available were guidebooks, which were not only read but literally studied. They always started with historical information and the approach to travel was much deeper than today. In about twenty pages written in font 10, millennia of history were often concentrated, starting from prehistory and ending with the present day. One needed both a sincere curiosity and the patience to read. But what we learned quickly became part of our cultural background. As I write this, details of the history of the United States or Peru come to mind from trips made in the 1980s.
But whoever was planning a trip, apart from history, also needed practical advice: places to sleep or eat, means of transport, where to change money…. The problem was that this kind of information becomes obsolete in a flash. And if the exhibits in some museums are often the same for decades, a good restaurant, 4 years after the book was written, might not be so good anymore, if it still existed.
And then there were the maps, indispensable to those planning a journey. They were often so big that when you opened them they looked as large as table cloths. And it’s funny to think about how the travel times were calculated. How many kilometres would there be from Merida to Tulum, or Cancun to Playa del Carmen? You would take a ruler and calculate the inches on the map and then convert them to miles depending on the scale. In short, those methods seem almost prehistoric nowadays.
However, how we do it today is clear to everyone. Somebody has been able for a long time now to insert kilograms of printed paper and square meters of geographical maps into a smartphone, the absence of which nowadays we would perceive as a sort of amputation.
Of course, all this may seem to be just a sort of nostalgic admiration for the past, when travel was travel instead of short stays to which we could add some optional excursion that would not make us feel like superficial travellers.
It’s not like that! It doesn’t matter if we don’t “waste” too much time planning a journey anymore. Because today – as we wrote at the beginning – we enjoy the undoubted advantage of being able to travel with much more simplicity. And above all, much more frequently.
However, the approach to travel and the very idea we have of it are very different than in the past. But since today we often live a more hectic life, even a short stay becomes very important as a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
And even if the idea of travelling is less about culture and more about living an experience. This doesn’t take away from it. On the contrary, it characterizes travel as a well-deserved break.
And Mexico has what it takes to be the perfect destination even for these short stays. Mind you, here there are millennia of history that would be worth knowing and even studying. But a short vacation, less demanding than an old-fashioned trip, is no less noble or pleasant.
In other words, travelling has become a kind of gift we give ourselves, perhaps on the occasion of a special event, such as a birthday.
Tisha found us on Instagram. We don’t remember how frequently she travels to Mexico, but when she started deciding what to do on her vacation, our underwater photos taken in the cenotes made her want to try it. Indeed, she saw fit to deserve her own underwater photo shoot to celebrate her birthday.
“Hey, I’d love to do a photo shoot for my 50th birthday. I’ll be in staying in Cancun from …. to ….. . I plan to make a trip to Tulum to get the photos taken. Thanks so much”
Two days later she had booked.
But what’s behind the underwater photos in a cenote? Is it something that anyone can do or do you need to have some experience in modelling or even be an accomplished swimmer? None of the above.
While every photographer has a different approach to taking underwater photos in a cenote, know that almost none of our models or brides have modelling experience, much less underwater.
We take our photos underwater in cenotes in an atmosphere of absolute tranquillity. From the very first moment, we put at ease our “models for a day” holding a briefing in which we explain the short and simple rules to give the best of themselves in a few minutes. We give indications on breathing, on facial expression, on keeping the eyes open, on the movements to do to be elegant in the various poses.
Then we go into the water and, before starting with the underwater photoshoot, we give all the time necessary to be able to implement the instructions explained during the briefing.
This time we give at the beginning is crucial. Our priority is to make people feel comfortable. And this is the only way to get the best possible performance from someone who has never done anything like this before.
If we force people to start the underwater photoshoot immediately after entering the water, we start off on the wrong foot. So it is always better to gain confidence first and then start taking underwater photos.
It is difficult to say how long this adaptation phase must be. Some only need a few seconds and are ready to go. Others need a little more time, but we have rarely needed more than fifteen minutes. Usually, it is the model herself who says she feels ready. We never rush.
Once the underwater photoshoot in the cenote has begun, we have a series of poses to do, the number of which varies depending on the package chosen. As a general rule, we always adapt to the ability of each model by inserting easier or more challenging poses depending on her ability.
In the case of a birthday, we use a fake cake with a neutral buoyancy that is easily brought down. To this, we add numbers that refer to the years of the birthday. However, we are also more than happy to include any other element that our model thinks of using. This is also why we often have correspondence in the days and weeks leading up to the underwater photoshoot in the cenote.
But there is one more detail we’d like to add. And we find it almost funny.
Since the first time you do something, you may be afraid of not being able to do it, we often compare the person in the first moments of the underwater photoshoot to the same person who comes out of the water at the end of the shoot. It’s like dealing with two different people. The first one is slightly unsure of herself, the second one is happy to have accomplished something that maybe she didn’t think she was capable of. It’s as if to say that the underwater photoshoot has had an almost therapeutic function for some of them, leading them to consider it as a sort of “rebirth”.
The first time we heard about it, it obviously seemed like an exaggeration. But then seeing that several of our models came back to the concept of “rebirth”, we finally convinced ourselves that that little big challenge had a meaning perhaps more important than the very photos we had created with them and thanks to them. The underwater photoshoot in the cenote had become an accomplishment to be proud of.
Here is the short review left by our dear Tisha.
🎉And just as I thought my EPIC 50th Birthday Bash had come to a conclusion….the one and only Sebi Messina dropped this “cherry on top” 🍒with my underwater photos.
Sebi is truly working in his calling. He and his team are one class act. He was patient, kind, and truly a perfectionist and I’m so grateful for it. This entire week truly felt like a rebirth 🙏🏾
If you notice, those fish 🐠 were nibbling at my legs and feet 👣 . I was terrified 😰 but he kept coaching and helping me. Thank God, he didn’t let me drown. I felt like a living mermaid…..for about 30 seconds….LOL!!!
Each of our photos requires an average editing time of 45 minutes.
Thank you Tisha for being so good and beautiful underwater.
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